Counting attachment for faucets.



A. J. GRANBERG.

COUNTINGATTACHMENT FOR muons.

APPLI'CAIION FILED MN. 26.19"-

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ALBERT J. GRANBERG. 01 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.-

COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT J. GRANBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented. new and useful Improvements in Counting Attachments for Faucets, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the quantity of liquid, such as gasolene, which is supplied from a faucet, can be automatically registered.

At present it is the common practice at gasolene supply stations, at which gasolene is supplied by thebucket, each bucket containing say five gallons, for the salesman to measure the quantity of gasolene which has been supplied from the faucet by counting the number of buckets. It often happens that the salesman loses count of said number, and counts it incorrectly, and charges the customer with more or less gasolene than he has obtained.

It has been attempted to overcome this difficulty by providing a counting device operated by the handle which controls the faucet valve, but this arrangement is not satisfactory, for the reason that, in order to supply the exact quantity of gasolene desired, the salesman often has to move the handle several times to and fro a short distance before'finally shutting oil the gasolene.

My present invention has for its object to provide a measuring device by which the registerin of the quantity of gasolene supplied will be effected automatically, and

with wh1ch the gasolene can be supplied equally as readily as before.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a broken side view of a faucet for dispensing gasolene or other liquid and equipped with my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a view of the end of the faucet.

faucet having a valve 2 controlledby a handle 3. Formed integral with, and extending from, the spout of the faucet is a casing 4, between the walls of which is pivoted, as shown at 5, a lever 6. The upper surface of said casing is concave, to receive the handle of a bucket hanging from the faucet,

andin such a position that the gasolene will be discharged from the spout approxlmately into'the-gepnter of said bucket. Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '16, 1917. Application filed January 26,1917. Serial No. 144,655.

The upper ed e of said lever 6 can extend a spring pawl 13, adapted to engage any one of a series of ten teeth of a ratchet wheel 1a actuatlng a counting device 17 supported by a bracket 16 within the casing l, the numerals of the counting device appearing in succession through an opening 15 in an end wall 20 of the casing 4. A spring-actuated dog 18 engages the teeth of the Wheel 14: and prevents them returning with the pawl.

n order to bring all the wheels of the counting device to zero, there is provided a gear wheel 22, extending below the casing l, so as to be capable of being turned by a finger, and which meshes with a gear wheel 27, which meshes with a pinion 26, secured to, and rotating with, the wheel 14:.

Also extending from the first spring pawl is a second spring pawl. 19 which similarly engages the teeth of a ratchet wheel 25 actuating a second counting device 21 supported by said bracket 16, said second series being used to register the number of buckets filled from the faucet during the whole, or a longperiod of, time while the first series is used to register the number of buckets supplied each customer.

The spring 8 is of such strength that the lever 6 is not depressed to the same level as the upper surface of the casing until the bucket has been more than half filled with gasolene, so that the device does not register if only a small amount of gasolene is allowed to flow into the bucket.

in order to prevent the counters being operated unless the faucet is open, the faucet valve is formed on one side with a horizonarm 36 pivoted on the faucet body, as shown in 37, which, when in its rear position, can engage'a depending portion 38 of the lever 6 and prevent it from being depressed. When the valve is opened, said groove is out of the ath of said slide-piece 31, so that the hea is moved toward the bearing 32 against the force of the spring 34 and the arm 36 is moved out of the Way of the portion 38 of the lever 4 and the lever 6 is not prevented from being depressed. Consequently, counting of the buckets can take place only when the valve is open.

I claim 1. In combination with a downwardly discharging faucet body havin a counting and registering casing above t e same, counting and registering mechanism in the forward portion of said casing, alever pivoted above the faucet body 1n the rear end of the counting and registering casing, said counting and registering casing having an opening immediately above the discharge opening of the faucet, and said lever extending above the edges of said openin and adapted to be depressed to the level 0 said edges by the weight of a vessel of which the bail is deposited upon the'portion of the lever extending above said edges, a spring for raising said lever when the bail is removed, andmeans carried by the front end of said lever for actuating the counting and registering mechanism by the vertical reciprocatory. movement of the lever.

2. In combination with a downwardly discharging faucet body having a counting and the faucet body in the rear end of the counting and registerin casing, said counting and registerm casing having an opening immediately a ove the discharge opening of the faucet, and said lever extending above a the edges of said openin and adapted to be depressed to the level 0 said edges by the weight of a vessel of which the bail is deposited upon the portion of the lever extending above said edges, a spring for-raising said lever when the ball is removed, means carried by the front end of said lever for actuating the counting and registering mechanism y the vertical reciprocatory movement of the lever, a device for preventing the depression of said lever, and means actuated by the opening of the faucet valve for withdrawing said preventive device from said operative position.

. 3. In combination with a faucet, counting and registering mechanism, and means for operating said mechanism, arranged to be actuated by the suspension from the faucet of a sufficiently weighted rece tacle, the faucet valve having a roove, a evice for preventing the actuatlon of said means, and having a part adapted to enter said groove, a spring for moving said art into said groove, said means eing s aped to abut against said device when said art is in the groove and to escape said devlce when the part is outside of t e roove.

ALBER J. GRANBERG. 

